NB When the word лицћ functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction лицћ у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:

NB The words мћрда, бџдка, and рїшка usually describe a large, fat, and crude face. The word мћрда is stylistically neutral when referring to an animal.

NB The word рІло is stylistically neutral when referring to an animal face.

NB The three words above usually refer to women's and children's faces. The words мћрдочка and, less frequently, мордђшка are also used to refer to animal faces.

NB The expressions лќчико and мђленькое лќчико are more common than мђленькое лицћ.

NB The above expression indicates a negative attitude.

NB The words пћлное and упќтанное are very nearly synonymous, although for some speakers упќтанное describes for a large but firm face, while пћлное describes a large and shapeless face.

NB The above expression refers to looking both well-fed and self-satisfied.

NB The above two expressions usually refer to a woman or child.

NB Adjectives such as нљжный, прђвильный, and удлинённый are often used with the above expression (as a modifier of овђл), but not adjectives such as крџглый, квадрђтный, etc.

NB The above expression usually refers to a man with a fat face and indistinct facial features.

NB The expression румїное лицћ without additional modifiers is usually associated with health; compare, however, неестљственно румїное лицћ "an unnaturally flushed face".

NB The two expressions above describe a complexion enhanced by cold, exercise, etc.

NB The above two expressions indicate shame or embarrassment.

NB The above expression usually indicates shame or embarrassment.

NB The above expression usually indicates embarrassment.

NB The above two expressions usually indicate joy, rage, embarrassment, or resentment.

NB The above expression usually indicates joy or embarrassment.

NB The above expressions usually indicate rage or emotion, excitement, etc.

NB The expressions лицћ побагровљло and побагровљть often indicate rage.

NB The above two expressions often indicate rage.

NB The verb белљть/побелљть often indicates rage.

NB The above expressions, beginning with бљлое, кђк полотнћ, лицћ, always indicate a strong, negative emotion (fear, horror, deep grief, etc.).

NB The above expression denotes a natural color and usually indicates a positive attitude on the part of the speaker.

NB The above expression denotes a natural color.

NB Unlike красќвый, the adjective прекрђсный is not used with such words as мужчќна, жљнщина, etc., or in a sentence such as Ћн — красќвый in the meaning of "a handsome man, a beautiful woman."

NB The above expression usually refers to a woman or child.

NB The above expressions are used to refer to a young man, girl, or woman, and often indicates a negative attitude on the part of the speaker.

NB The adjective пожилће "elderly" is not used with лицћ.

NB The expression холёное лицћ, above, often refers to the full face of a well-fed person, particularly when it refers to a man's face; it expresses a negative attitude on the part of the speaker, unlike the expression ухћженное лицћ.

NB If the above phrases indicate a permanent expression on the face, it is usually the result of grief or depression; if it indicates a sudden change in expression, it usually signals a negative reaction to something which has been said.

NB N = a noun describing emotion or personal characteristic.

NB Most of the adjectives used with выражљние "expression" can also be used with лицћ "face," e.g. весёлое лицћ "cheerful face" and весёлое выражљние лицђ "cheerful expression." However, some adjectives are used only with the word лицћ, e.g. интеллигљнтное лицћ "intellectual face," улыбђющееся лицћ "smiling face," while other adjectives are used mostly with the phrase выражљние лицђ, e.g. упрїмое выражљние лицђ "stubborn expression," тосклќвое выражљние лицђ "mournful expression."

NB N² = a noun such as рђдость "joy," счђстье "happiness," испџг "fright," удивлљние "surprise," etc.

NB Adj = an adjective such as рђдостное "joyful," счастлќвое "happy," весёлое "cheerful," несчђстное "unhappy," грџстное "sad," пћстное "glum," испџганное "frightened," удивлённое "surprised," глџпое "stupid," оживлённое "animated," etc.

NB N = a noun describing emotion, e.g. рђдость "joy," счђстье "happiness," грџсть "sadness," испџг "fright," удивлљние "surprise," etc.

NB Prop = a clause.

NB Prop = a clause.

NB The above three expressions describe disappointment or chagrin.

NB N² = бћль "pain," стрђх "fear," нљнависть "hatred," etc.

NB N = бћль "pain," стрђх "fear," нљнависть "hatred," etc.

NB The above two expressions are usually used to describe shame, embarrassment, grief, despair.